NAFDAC seals 200 bakeries in 2016 in Kwara

Ilorin – The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it sealed over 200 bakeries between January and December, 2016 in Kwara over unhealthy production.

The Coordinator of NAFDAC in Kwara, Mrs Roseline Ajayi disclosed this during in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in llorin on Wednesday.

Ajayi said that the over 200 bakeries sealed in 2016 across the 16 local government areas of the state were producing bread in unhealthy environment “which constitutes health hazard to the residents of the state.’’

According to the coordinator, some other offences by the sealed bakeries are selling of bromated bread, lack of label on bread cover, operating on expired licences and failure to upgrade license permits as required by NAFDAC.

“The NAFDAC in the state in 2016, sanctioned over 200 for failure to meet our standard and specifications for producing bread,’’ she said.